Combined mop and wringer



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Patented May 4, 19.26.

UNITED sTATEfs HENRY W. LAMB, 0F BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR TO- CENTURY MOIy COR- PORATION, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.A

COMBINED MOP AND WRINGER.

App1i`cation'i1edy March 30, 1923. Serial No. 628,699.

Toy all lwhom z't may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY W. LAMB, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Birmingham, inthe county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Mops and VVringers, of which the following is a specification.

My -of mop which is characterized by the provision of very simple, effective and inexpensive means for holding, wringing, drying and changing of the mop.

My invention relates to that class of mop which makes use of a cloth as the mopping element as contrasted with those formed of strings orV the like which are permanently mounted on the mop head'.

According to my invention the mop cloth .has its ends detachably connected to separable holder elements on the handle, one of the elements being stationary and the other slidable on the handle so that, the mop cloth can be stretched and wrung out by twisting it about the handle. v Such arrangement lends itself readily to the drying of the mop by inverting the handle, as then the slidable holder element will drop down and stretch the cloth to itsl full length, and the mop can Ybe stood against the wall' with the cloth in this position without probability of the latter damaging or soiling the wall'.

My preferred meansfor detachably securing theV ends of a mop cloth in the holder elements -is by forming a seam or enlargement across the ends of the c-loth and providing notches in the flattened loops of the holder elements so that the cloth can' be threaded in through these notches and thus easily assembled or removed while being at all times effectively held while in use by the holder elements. vThe advantage of this arrangement is that the holder elements require no clamp means to hold the cloth andthe cloth as a whole can. be readily removed, cleaned and replaced, thus making the mop very sanitary.

A further obj ect of my invention is to perfeet the design o-f the mop holder elements and to. provide one with means for its deinventlon relates to an improved type p tachable connection to the mop handle and if the other with a sleeve adapted to slide over themop handle and to interlock with the other holder element sogas to` prevent relative turning or twisting of the holder elements while the mop is in use.

My invention also contemplates an improvement in the mop cloth itself in thatI refer to have the main body portion ofthe cloth relatively wider than its ends toward which it tapers. narrowed seamed ends to engage and fit in the holder elements which are of like width with such narrowed ends. Y

My invention also comprises the novel' de- This enables 'me to use tails of construction and arrangements of parts ywhich in their preferred embodiment only are illustrated` in', the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specication, and in which v:--

Fig. 1 illustrates the mop in side elevation asit appears in service with its handle partly broken away.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the mop showing the vcloth stretched its full` length preparatory to being wrung or dried.

Fig. 3 shows the cloth being partially wrung, which is desirable for certain uses of the mop. y d Fig. 4 shows a mop cloth being wrung Fig. 5 is a perspective view `of the mop parts detached in relative position for assembling, the mop cloth' being omitted.

Figs. 6 and 7 are enlarged side elevation and longitudinal cross-sectional views respectively of the mop head.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of my preferred mop cloth.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention which is illustrated in the drawings, the

mop isshown comprising a handle 1 havin its lower end tapered andthreaded at 2 and adapted to be vscrewed into a, tapered threaded socket 8 which has rigid thereon a mop holding loop 4 which projects at right angles to the mop handle for a substantial distance .on each side and is flattened to form a long,

narrow, transverse opening or slot 5 which receives the mop cloth. Preferably the loop 4 is interrupted at 6 forming a neck or opening through which the mop cloth 7 can be threaded when securing it in or detaching it from the holder loop. Across each end of the mop cloth I provide a seam, bead or enlargement 8 of such size that it cannot be pulled through the holder slot 5.

The handle is adapted to slip freely through a metal sleeve 9 which is also adapted to slip down over the socket 3. This sleeve 9 has rigidly mounted thereon at one side a second flattened loop holder l0 for the mop cloth which is similar to the holder 4 and of the same size but is offset laterally therefrom suliiciently to miss the socket 8 and allow the sleeve 9 to be drawn up on the handle, as indicated in Fig. 2. The sleeve 9 is also preferably provided with longitudinal raised grip shoulders 1l and it is elongated suiiiciently to enable it to be grasped in the hand for the purposes later described. The sleeve 9 at its lower end and on the opposite side from the holder loop 10 is provided with opposed aligning notches l2 which are adapted to lit down over the holder 4 when the mop parts are assembled in operating position, as shown in Fig. 6. This will interlock the sleeve and socket and prevent rotation or relative movement of the holders 4 and 10 abo-ut the handle.

The mop cloth in its preferred form is shown in Fig. 7 and has a body portion of the desired width while its ends are tapered towards the seam or bead 8 so that it is not necessary to make the holder loops 4 and 10 as wide as theY widest portion of the mop cloth. This arrangement however is optional and it is to be understood that the untapered mop cloths may be used and also if desired the mop cloth may be formed as a loop with the ends connected.

In operation, the sleeve 9 is first slipped over the lower end of the handle and the latter is then screwed into the socket 3. The seamed ends of the cloth are woven or threaded through the opening 6 in each of the holder loops 4 and 10 with the seams 8 inturned, as illustrated in Fig. 7, and then the sleeve 9 is allowed to drop down over the socket 3 and interlock with the holder loop 4. The mop is now ready for use as illustrated in Fig. l. If itis desired to partially wring the mop it should be drawn out to the position shown in Fig. 2, and then the sleeve 9 grasped and twisted once or twice about the handle so as to wind the upper end of the mop cloth tightly about the handle and wring it, as shown in Fig. 3, while leaving the lower end of the mop cloth unwrung. If, however, it is desired to effectively wring the entire mop cloth, then the handle v9 is slipped lower down on the handle and twisted about the handle until the mop cloth is wound tightly about the handle, as shown in Fig. 4, which will wring it dry. If it is desired to dry the cloth, the mop is inverted and the cloth thereupon takes the position shown in Fig. 2, in which it will readily dry, and it is to be observed that it can be leaned against the wall and will not tend to soil the wall while it is being dried. The cloth can be readily removed from the holder loops by pushing it to one side in the loop 4 or l0 until one side edge of the seamed end of the mop cloth can be passed out through the notch and then the cloth can be pulled out of the holder and thoroughly `washed or laundered, thus making the mop very sanitary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is A -Y 1. A combined mop and wringer comprising a handle having its outer end threaded, a wide flattened loop having a socket adapted to screw onto the threaded end of said handle, a sleeve freely slidable over and rotatable around the handle and socket and having rigid thereon a second wide flattened loop, said loops being juxtaposed in parallel relation when the sleeve overlaps said socket, means to hold the loops against relative rotation when in mopping position, and a flat mop cloth connected at its ends to said loops.

2. A combined mop and wringer comprising a solid handle, a socket member secured to the outer end thereof and having a flat loop connected thereto, a sleeve freely slidable and rotatable on the handle above the socket member, said sleeve having notches and an olf set mop attaching loop, said notches adapted to receive the loop on the socket member to lock the loops when in juxtaposed parallel relation against relative rotation, and a flat mop fabric havingits terminal ends secured to said loops.

3. A combined mop and wringer, comprising a handle having mounted thereon two mop attaching loops one mounted rigidly on the outer end of the handle and the other mounted slidable and rotatable on the handle above the first, a flat mop cloth having its terminal ends connectedV to said loops, and means fiXedly supported relatively to one of said loops for interlocking with the other loop when in operative mopping position for preventing relative rotation of the loops, said mop cloth adapted to be twisted spirally around the handle for wringing when the interlocking means is inoperative.

4. A combined mop and wringer comprising a rigid handle having a hand gripping portion and a mop wringing portion, a wide flattened loop connected to the handle at the outer end of the wringing portion, a sleeve slidably and rotatably mounted on the wringing portion of said handle and carrying a second wide flattened loop, said loops when arranged in operative mopping association being juxtaposed in parallel relation loops and adapted to be twisted around the at the outer end of the handle entirely rehandle in spiral form for wringing wholly 10 moved from the hand gripping portion of within the zone of movement of the sleeve said handle, means on lsaid sleeve for engagby relative rotation of the sleeve with reing with the first mentioned loop for holdspect to the handle.

ing said loop when in mopping position In testimony whereof I affix my signature. against relative rotation, and a mop cloth having its terminal ends secured t-osaid HENRY W. LAMB. 

